CONSCIENCE
ADJECTIVES
1605 — COMPUNCTIOUS pricking to the conscience; having or feeling compunction; causing regret or misgiving; remorseful, repentant
NOUNS
1275 — PURSE a person’s conscience, heart, etc., regarded as a place of safe storage or supply; a person’s thoughts or store of ideas → obs.
1622 — TWINGE a pang of shame, remorse, sorrow, or the like; a prick of conscience
1898 — ARR leaving an impression on the conscience; a guilty recollection → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — DIRDUMS the twingings of conscience, remorse → Sc. (Bk.)
1900 — DIRL a twinge of conscience → Sc. (Bk.)
PHRASES
2004 — ACCORDING TO ONE’S OWN LIGHTS in accordance with one’s conscience or inclinations (Bk.)
VERBS
1413 — TWITCH to cause mental pain or discomfort to a person; to prick the conscience
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